diff --git a/src/tools/miri/tests/pass-dep/tokio/file-io.rs b/src/tools/miri/tests/pass-dep/tokio/file-io.rs
index 7d05260c9551..067753203bbd 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/tests/pass-dep/tokio/file-io.rs
+++ b/src/tools/miri/tests/pass-dep/tokio/file-io.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ async fn test_create_and_write() -> io::Result<()> {
 
     // Write 10 bytes to the file.
     file.write_all(b"some bytes").await?;
-    file.sync_all().await?; // tokio doesn't necessarily complete writes until you sync.
+    // For tokio's file I/O, `await` does not have its usual semantics of waiting until the
+    // operation is completed, so we have to wait some more to make sure the write is completed.
+    file.flush().await?;
+    // Check that 10 bytes have been written.
     assert_eq!(file.metadata().await.unwrap().len(), 10);
 
     remove_file(&path).unwrap();